Botanicula is a point and click adventure game from the creators of Samorost and Machinarium. It follows a group of five characters - Mr. Poppy Head, Mrs. Mushroom and Mr. Feather - as they try to save the last seed of their home tree from evil parasitic creatures that have infested it. Botanicula 1.1 706.86 MB Mac Platform: Intel Includes: Humble Bundle OS version: OS X 10.6.8 or later Processor type(s) & speed: Intel CoreDuo 1.6GHz. Botanicula is a humor-filled adventure game created by the makers of award-winning Machinarium and Samorost series, studio Amanita Design and Czech band DVA. Five friends, little tree creatures, set out on a journey to save the last seed from their home tree which is infested by evil parasites.
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Windows | April 19, 2012 |
macOS (OS X) | April 19, 2012 |
Linux | April 19, 2012 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
IGDB | 82 |
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General information
- Official forums (closed)
- Developer Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Includes soundtrack and poster. | |||
Developer website | Includes soundtrack and e-Art book. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | Includes soundtrack. | |||
itch.io | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes |
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Soundtrack + Art Book | GOG.com, Steam, itch.io |
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%DocumentsBotaniculaSavessettings.txt |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Amanita Design/Botanicula/settings.txt |
Linux | ~/Documents/BotaniculaSaves/settings.txt |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207690/pfx/[Note 1] |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%DocumentsBotaniculaSaves |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Amanita Design/Botanicula/ |
Linux | ~/Documents/BotaniculaSaves/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207690/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
Video settings[edit]
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Resolution options are 100% and 60%. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 24 FPS. |
Input settings[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Audio settings[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | In-game interaction is done visually and speech is mumbling. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Slovak | ||||
Spanish |
- Game also features language named 'Botulo' which is special Botanicula language.
Issues fixed[edit]
Buggy mouse[edit]
- Occasionally in puzzles you will need to 'push' items with the mouse. Sometimes this can seem too fiddly or just plain buggy.
Change to 60% window size[citation needed] |
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Adobe AIR won't install (Linux)[edit]
Create symbolic links for Gnome keyring[citation needed] |
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VR support[edit]
3D modes | Native | Notes |
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vorpX |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.6 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.01.1File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/207690/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (207690) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
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Botanicula May 7, 2012 | Jon Carr |
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Mac OS X: 10.6 | CPU: 1.6 GHz Intel | RAM: 1 GB
27' iMac, Core i5 Quad 2.8Ghz, 8GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD5750 1GB. Lion 10.7.3, Apple Wired Keyboard, Logitech Wireless Trackball M570
Amanita Design has always been a very curious game development studio, and I mean that in the best of ways. From Samorost 1 & 2 to Machinarium, they have always presented unique and charming games with a dash of weirdness, great music and a lot of heart. Rather than break the flow with text or lengthy dialogue, every game is an experience in exploration and storytelling through actions and imagery, sights and sounds. Not many games pull this off well, but Amanita consistently does. Now they have done it again with their new point and click adventure, Botanicula.
Botanicula is about a bunch of five friends, little creatures who set out to save their tree from an evil parasite infestation. Your journey will take you from the vibrant top of the tree to its dark and grimy roots. While the plot is simple, it's hard not to care about this lively, colorful world which is having all its life sucked out by parasites, leaving it black and crumbling.
You control not one, but all five of the little creatures at once. They move as a group, only breaking off to perform a specific task on screen or work together in tandem to accomplish a goal or puzzle. The friends - an acorn, mushroom, twig, seed and feather create a wonderful little band with endearing animations and sounds.
Botanicula For Mac Os 10.13
Speaking of puzzles, the game is filled with clever challenges. Some are one off instances to solve, while others are smaller pieces of a greater puzzle you must figure out to progress. Early puzzles are fairly simple, such as getting past a barking bug or using your twig character to sneak around some hostile bugs and grab a feather. Later puzzles get more complicated and test your spatial awareness and pattern recognition skills, but they are never hard enough to be frustrating.
One of the many great things about this game is there's no wrong way to do things. There's no rush, and you are free to wander each section of the tree, clicking on everything, watching and smiling as leaves rustle, bugs interact, bumblebees fly about and various creatures spring out and play music or sing.
Visually, Amanita Design has created a wondrous masterpiece. It's a striking look, a hand-drawn tapestry of insight into the most minute detail of nature and insects. It's an absolutely charming vision of a small, but seemingly secret world in which you can take your time to touch and feel every part of it. Each screen bursts with color, detail and subtlety. Take the time to explore and interact and you'll be rewarded.
The audio is just as the strong as the visuals. From the soft sounds of the tree and nature, to the clicks and scuttling of bugs and the squeals of glee or terror from the 5 friends, Botanicula immerses you into its small but amazing world. The soundtrack, composed by alternate Czech band DVA, is just as enchanting as everything else in this game.
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